Does money matter: Earnings patterns among a national sample of the US State governmental public health agency workforce

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages S69-S79

  Castrucci, Brian C ^a   Leider, Jonathon P ^a   Liss Levinson, Rivka ^b   Sellers, Katie ^b  

^a De Beaumont Foundation   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Public health workforce; Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS); Salary; Wages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943164633     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000308     Document Type: Article

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